HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2008
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COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT |
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Rep. Alex M. Sonson, Chair |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Sharon E. Har |
Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine |
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Rep. Marilyn B. Lee |
Rep. Roy M. Takumi |
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Rep. Sylvia Luke |
Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer |
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Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 |
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8:30 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO LABOR. Requires that contracts subject to certain wage requirements contain provisions allowing employees to organize.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Includes as public works, construction contracts using public lands for commercial, for-profit activity.
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LAB, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Provides parameters for conducting medical examinations when determining permanent partial disability in workers compensation cases.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires independent medical examinations to be performed by mutually agreed upon physicians, and by employer's physician.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Provides that an independent physician be selected to conduct medical examinations in cases where major and elective surgery, or either, is contemplated or in cases where an employee or employer are dissatisfied with the medical progress.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires that the physician performing an independent medical examination be licensed in the State for 5 years, be subject to peer review, and be known in the local medical community to have been in the practice of treating injured employees and conducting independent medical examinations for the employers. Repeals authority of employer to appoint a physician to examine the employee where the employer is dissatisfied with the progress of the case or where surgery is contemplated. Prohibits more than one independent medical examination per case.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS COMPENSATION. Increases workers compensation fee schedule from one hundred ten to one hundred twenty percent.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires the employer's carrier to submit annual reports to the director of labor and industrial relations on the costs of its policies.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Provides for workers' compensation coverage for students participating in school-approved work-based learning programs sponsored by the department of education or the University of Hawaii.
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LAB, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS’ COMPENSATION NEGOTIATION FOR BENEFIT COVERAGE. Provides public unions and employers the same ability as private unions and their signatory employers to collectively design and enter into an alternative workers' compensation systems.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE SPECIAL FUND FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. Amends the purpose of the special fund for disability benefits to allow for the use of currently available funds for automation purposes. Appropriates $5,000,000 from the special fund for disability benefits for automation of the department of labor and industrial relations' disability compensation division.
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LAB, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIFELONG LEARNING ACCOUNTS. Establishes a Lifelong Learning Accounts program and tax credit in the department of labor and industrial relations to support upgraded training for the incumbent workforce, and encourages participation by employers and employees through tax credit incentives.
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LAB, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES. Provides flexibility and reliability to the hiring and contracting processes by exempting from civil service law positions or contracts lasting up to one year with non-government entities for personal services.
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LAB, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. Transfer the Workforce Development Council from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to assist in aligning Hawaii's workforce development policy with the State's economic development initiatives.
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LAB, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE AND COUNTY CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES. Authorizes the procurement of contracts for services by the State and counties and exempts the contracts from chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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LAB, EDB, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:
· Testifier's name with position/title and organization;
· The Committee the comments are directed to;
· The date and time of the hearing;
· Measure number;
· The number of copies the Committee is requesting.
While every effort will be made to copy, organize, and collate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed to the incorrect office, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.
Submit testimony in one of the following ways:
PAPER: 5 copies (including an original) to Room 424 in the State Capitol; or
EMAIL: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to LABtestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6520 or email your request for an interpreter to HouseInterpreter@Capitol.hawaii.gov at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements. Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.
Selected meetings are broadcast live. Check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the "Capitol TV" Web site at www.capitoltv.org OR call 550-8074.
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________________________________________ Rep. Alex M. Sonson Chair |
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